Hi Cap Plastic .45's

Anybody have any experience with the hi-cap plastic .45's? Those would incude the Bul M5 (which I have heard good reports about), the Kimber Ten II, etc. Of the info I have read in other forums it's one of those, "they work great!" or "they're not worth a spit and I got rid of it!" Any thoughts or pics?

In your case, we probably need a "P9911 or P991911" or sumthin? Right. I've read Charles Daly imports the Bul M5 from Isreal for it's line of hi-cap 1911's and have seen mostly favorable reports. Over on 1911.com were varied reports on the Kimbers, etc. Most were little issues if any and then problems with "denial" from Kimber customer service. Who knows? The Charles Daly was reported on not too long ago in either the Rifleman or Shooting Times and the report was very favorable (of course, I don't think I've ever read an unfavorable report from a gun writer).

They fit my hands fine. In fact, over the last few years I have preferred the larger grips. My G20 fits my hand real good. Kinda' subjective thing. I've shot several double stack .45's and the bigger grip seems to give me a little more control. I don't know what's considered big, average, or little hands but I just measured the distance from the tip of my middle finger to the tip of my thumb when my hand is streched out it it's about 9 and 1/2 inches. That may be average but I really like the bigger grips.

No particular reason except maybe for weight. What I really want is an all stainless steel, "Commander" sized barrel (4" + or -), high-cap .45 with a full size grip (14 rds. of .45), and a traditional single action trigger. Maybe I've overlooked something, but I can't find that combination in a Para or elsewhere unless I go to a very high-end gun (STI, etc.). The plastic would be my second choice and there are some of those available.

I just looked on Springfield Armory's website and couldn't make it show me any hi-caps. I have the 2006 catalog and it lists a LDA trigger for one but that's all I can find. A local gun store had what I described in a "painted" green finish but I've forgotten the model # and they sold it. I did try to find that model in the 2006 catalog but it was not listed.